REDS FIND MOJO

Salah’s back on target again but more injury woe for Slot

- ANDY DUNN AT ANFIELD

WHEN Florian Wirtz executed the tidiest of finishes to put the outcome of this contest beyond doubt inside the first quarter, Arne Slot did not even take his hands from his pockets.

By then, he knew this completion of a Champions League formality would be coming at a cost.

It will certainly not go down as one of the more memorable European nights at Anfield but a clean sheet and a free-scoring run-out can do no harm.

Slot even had the enjoyment of seeing Mo Salah score his first goal for the club since November 1.

In essence, his first since that infamous Elland Road interview.

However, less than two minutes into proceedings, Jeremie Frimpong, shepherding Abdellah Zoubir at pace along the home side's right flank, abruptly pulled up lame.

Dutch midfielder Ryan Gravenberch, an emergency centre-half in Liverpool's defensive availability crisis, put his hands to his head.